Cherkasy's 2026 population is now estimated at 262,481.In 1979, the population of Cherkasy was 228,197.Cherkasy experienced a decrease of -1,820 residents over the past year, marking an annual decline of -0.69%.These population values and projections come from Ukraine urban places census/estimate series via CityPopulation and World Population Review Internal Projections.
City | 2026 Pop.↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Kiev | 2,995,010 | 0.36% |
| Kharkiv | 1,406,355 | -0.26% |
| Odessa | 1,007,310 | -0.08% |
| Dnepropetrovsk | 956,435 | -0.31% |
| Donetsk | 878,479 | -0.65% |
| Lviv | 711,462 | -0.2% |
| Zaporizhia | 683,510 | -0.95% |
| Kryvyi Rih | 581,142 | -0.96% |
| Sevastopol | 575,856 | 4.37% |
| Mykolaiv | 458,030 | -0.64% |
| Mariupol | 410,149 | -0.92% |
| Luhansk | 385,084 | -0.8% |
| Vinnytsia | 368,556 | -0.08% |
| Simferopol | 341,656 | 0.08% |
| Makiivka | 332,719 | -0.46% |
| Khmelnytskyi | 278,728 | 0.39% |
| Chernihiv | 276,499 | -0.56% |
| Poltava | 271,757 | -0.71% |
| Kherson | 270,334 | -0.8% |
| Chernivtsi | 265,389 | 0.1% |
